Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Freightliner M2

3ALACXCY2GDHT7828 · Truck · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
M2 106
Carriers run under1
17 mo
Inspections9
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 9
First seenAug 8, 2023
US
Last seenJan 23, 2025
US
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3ALACXCY2GDHT7828
Make
Freightliner
Model
M2
Model year
2016
Body class
Truck
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)
Decoded at
Jun 20, 2026
vPIC returns make / model / year / body class / GVWR. Fields it does not resolve are shown as Not decoded rather than guessed.
Decode evidence & sources

Deterministic structure

These fields come directly from VIN positions and the published checksum calculation, with zero store IO.

World manufacturer identifier
3AL

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
ACXCY

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

Model year candidates
1986 or 2016

Position 10 repeats every 30 years; both candidates are retained and neither is silently selected.

North American serial sequence
HT7828

Deterministic · positions 12–17 for a North American WMI.

Sourced platform inference

The prefix store publishes only at support ≥ 3 and purity ≥ 90%. Prefix confidence is shown beside every established platform claim.

Make
FREIGHTLINER

Prefix basis · 319 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
M2

Prefix basis · 319 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
M2 106

Sourced label · prefix basis 319 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
Not established

No sourced generation label is established.

No source established for this field.

Cab type
Not established

No sourced cab label is established.

No source established for this field.

Federal observation (NHTSA vPIC)

What the federal corpus observed directly for this exact VIN — independent of, and sometimes more specific than, the prefix-level inference above.

Observed model year
2016

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FREIGHTLINER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
M2

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Truck

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Aug 8, 2023 – Jan 23, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 23, 2025USI · Full0CESAR DE JESUS PENUELAS LEAL 368831715925S3/CA
Jan 15, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0CESAR DE JESUS PENUELAS LEAL 368831715925S3/CA
Aug 8, 2024CAI · Full0CESAR DE JESUS PENUELAS LEAL 368831715925S3/CA
May 20, 2024CAI · Full0CESAR DE JESUS PENUELAS LEAL 368831715925S3/CA
May 20, 2024USI · Full1CESAR DE JESUS PENUELAS LEAL 368831715925S3/CA
Mar 1, 2024USI · Full0CESAR DE JESUS PENUELAS LEAL 368831715925S3/CA
Feb 23, 2024USI · Full4CESAR DE JESUS PENUELAS LEAL 368831715925S3/CA
Nov 27, 2023USIII · Driver-only0CESAR DE JESUS PENUELAS LEAL 368831715925S3/CA
Aug 8, 2023USI · Full1CESAR DE JESUS PENUELAS LEAL 368831715925S3/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
CESAR DE JESUS PENUELAS LEAL3688317Aug 8, 2023Jan 23, 20259CA
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
04

Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
15925S3CACESAR DE JESUS PENUELAS LEALAug 8, 2023Jan 23, 20259
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 20, 2026